the Witness understood this by figur & Pointing from the decd.
That she sat up with the deced on the Fryday Night
following the accident - That the deced then could
speak & shew'd the Witness the Fireplace where
her husband flung her down & that he put one
Knee upon her Belly & the other upon her Stomach
& likewise pinch'd her by her Nose & Throat & that
from this Violence the deced said she belive'd she
open'd her Mouth but cannot remember wher.
she put out her Tongue or no - That her husband
first cut on the one side - then on the other &
last in the middle & run the Knife downwards, &
cut her upwards - That the Witness from time
to time hath constantly attended her since &
the deced was always in the same story & said
it would be her death & in general confirms
Mary Dew< no role > That deced. died last Wed: Night

the Mark of
Lydia [mark] Cooper< no role >

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Catherine< no role > the Wife of Thos. Hill< no role > . That she
help'd Nurse the deced with Mary Dew< no role > but not all
the which for her legs swelled & she went away - That last Sunday afternoon after Service
she was desired by the Parish Officers to Go again
& she went - That the overser was then prsent when
she went & the deced was sensible & could speak
That she sat up all Night with her & the deced said
she was very sad & that she thought her Husband
Mainsaye would be her death - That she should be Starv'd
to death for her Husband had us'd her so, that she